Dr Sea Rotmann

It's good that NZ has finally woken up to the inherent health risk of #gas stoves but it's a shocker that the Energy Minister (according to his quotes given by Stuff here) doesn't know the abbreviation of the #energyefficiency & conservation agency (EECA) he heads: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

How Icelanders are grieving the loss of 'dead' and melting glaciers Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing. For locals, it’s a profoundly sad loss.

Iceland is becoming no-ice land.

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

How McKinsey and Climate Change Wrecked Insurance newrepublic.com/article/1997... via @newrepublic.com

👀 “The richest man on earth owns X. The second-richest man is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and Jeff Bezos, the world’s fourth richest man, owns the Washington Post. This is truly bleak.” www.salon.com/2025/09/27/t...

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

I would like to know how we can identify the specific persons at CNN who researched, wrote, edited, and approved this and hang it around their necks for the rest of their professional lives.

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Imagine if a Democratic president had an HHS Secretary whose life’s dream was moving the US to a universal, single-payer healthcare model, a SCOTUS nominee who worked toward eliminating qualified immunity…Republicans and the American political media would lose their goddamn minds.

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

The year is 2003.

17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."

Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Swear her in.

I was so stoked when I got to meet her, a fellow biologist, conservationist and difficult woman - she’s also my hero 💔

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

😭😭😭

1/5 Elon Musk and David Sacks are attacking Wikipedia again.

They say they will replace it with “Grokipedia.”

Why? Because quick, free, independent fact-checking is their enemy.

They cannot control it. And that terrifies them

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

World’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Stephen Miller has played a leading role in directing US strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats.

At times, his role has superseded that of Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser.

Now would be the perfect time for another Republican House member to grow a spine & sign the petition 🤔

Energy hardship programmes: a systematic cross-country policy analysis of initiatives addressing equity and low-carbon energy services - Energy, Sustainability and Society Background Energy hardship can be broadly understood as a situation in which individuals or households are unable to afford basic energy services necessary for sustaining their wellbeing. Despite conceptual challenges and overlaps with similar narratives (e.g., fuel poverty), the literature on energy hardship continues to expand. It represents a critical intersection with sustainable energy systems that reveals both challenges and opportunities in the transition towards clean energy solutions. However, few energy hardship programmes have been examined from a policy perspective. Our study aims to address this knowledge gap by providing a systematic analysis of a sample of 67 energy hardship programmes implemented across Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more than 20 European countries. Guided by specific research questions and supported by directed content analysis, we focus on five areas: dominant policy rationales, main policy goals, supportive policy instruments, stakeholders, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Results Despite an important degree of heterogeneity among the reviewed programmes, findings revealed commonalities across significant design and implementation areas. Policy rationales often rely on two significant pillars: narratives related to energy poverty (and related concepts), and market barriers and failures related to energy efficiency or decentralised renewable energy systems. Policy goals encompass three distinct areas: finance, knowledge, and technology/infrastructure. Policy instruments supporting energy hardship programmes are predominantly economic in nature. However, the review of programmes reveals a significant gap in robust estimates of cost-effectiveness or economic efficiency. Results also show that the design and implementation of programmes often involve a diversity of stakeholders. The review reveals that there is an abundance of KPIs that can (potentially) support the monitoring and assessment of programmes. Conclusions Overall, our study reveals significant policy lessons regarding the links, dynamics, and complexities associated with the design and implementation of energy hardship programmes. It underscores the importance of evidence-based evaluations to enhance the ability of policymakers and managers to effectively alleviate the suffering of those facing energy hardship. Results can be of particular interest to countries where policy discussions about energy hardship are emerging, and where there is a need for knowledge to inform decision-making on future programmes that support just and inclusive clean energy transitions.

Very happy to announce a new publication by my Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task by the USERS Technology Collaboration Programme @iea.org: energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

We did a systematic cross-country policy analysis of 67 energy hardship programmes in 25+ countries #energysky

Last year, the world added a record 582 GW of #renewables generation capacity. That’s over 91% of all new power - with #nuclear nowhere. In fact, each year, nuclear adds as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days.
#climate

“Many Democrats in Congress are far more worried about maintaining the incumbency racket than repairing their reputation and winning the majority, and Jeffries is one of their biggest enablers.”

Except the collapsing climate won’t give a damn about their nihilistic war on words ☠️

79. American citizen.

“Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.